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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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For some reason, photos of the head of General Security Abbas Ibrahim have been hung on billboards from south Lebanon all the way to Beirut.

He is currently in a visit to the UK at the invitation of his counterpart.
📈 Hajj Hassan: So far, the Banque du Liban has not transferred to Ogero the necessary funds allocated to purchase fuel for its generators.

Ogero is Lebanon's only telecommunications provider.

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Lebanese Army: 4 citizens, 5 Syrians and a Palestinian, were arrested in addition to seizing 5 vans and 4 pickup trucks, all loaded with 5,900 liters of gasoline, scrap metal and an amount of flour and tobacco prepared to be smuggled into Syrian territory.
According to the Lebanese army, the last air violation by the Israeli enemy over Lebanon was on 30-June-2021. That's 5 day ago but on the same day Hamas delegation met Hezbullah's Sayed Hasan Nasrallah

UAVs flew in circular motion over south Lebanon, Beirut, and Dahyeh, and Aley
Israeli Prime Minister Bennett had a conversation with Russian president Putin, and discussed a number of security and political issues while agreeing to hold a meeting soon.
Bennett: The two sides talked about the status of Jews who immigrated to Israel from Russia and the great importance the Prime Minister attaches to them as a bridge between both countries.
💰 US deposit of $120 million?

The army issued a statement denying the deposit of $120 million, claiming that this number is for material aid, however it confirmed a deposit of $59 million, in addition to 120, directed at investments in the border regiment with Syria that was created under US and UK pressure.

This regiment is tasked with monitoring the Syrian border, despite no security threat in this area, and it has the implicit goal of enforcing the economic siege on Syria and to monitor Hezbullah's movements.
IDF spokesman - Hebrew Channel 12: Today, a training exercise will be held to check the readiness of the reserve forces, during which phone calls and text messages will be sent to soldiers in various units. The exercise will conclude this evening.

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With the gasoline crisis, and the fear of COVID-19 Delta spread, Lebanese officials are considering canceling the official exams for the ninth and twelfth grades.
"An-Nahar" information - A meeting took place at 3:00 in the home of PM Hassan Diab, in the presence of the Minister of Education. They discussed canceling the exams or grade 9.
📈 Hair bands are being sold for 159,000 ⁠LL.

100$ at the official rate or 10$ at the black market rate (at the time the picture was taken).
Central bank's subsidies:

According to @‌‌‎bintjbeilnews, Banque du Liban (central bank) agreed to pay $400 million to finance the import of medicines and flour.
Coronavirus: Lebanon recorded 101 new cases in the past 24 hours, with only 75 local, and two more deaths.

26 cases were detected in the Lebanese diaspora and tourists at the airport.

According to the health ministry, in the past few days, 46 “delta” variant cases were detected in travellers from 10 different countries.
Shortage of fuel:

The Lebanese army will distribute 20,000 liters of diesel to owners of generators in Bab Al-Tabbaneh - Jabal Mohsen and Al-Qubba, as a contribution to reduce the burdens of the blackouts in the area.
The Iraqi resistance retaliation against the recent USA aggression on KH and KSS is still ongoing.

After the successful rocket attack earlier today on Ain Al Asad, initial reports of an attack against the military base at the USA embassy in Iraq tonight.
For those in need, according to what I've seen circulating:

Starting tomorrow, Al-Murtadha Pharmacy will start selling Iranian infant formula milk to the general public without the need for a special card as follows:

- Milk No. 1 and No. 2, the price of the box is 12,000.

- Milk No. 3, the price of the box is 40,000.

Available at:

- South: Nabatieh, near the health care building.

- Beirut: Al-Murtada Pharmacy behind the Al-Qaim Mosque - Haret Hreik.
In May 2000, Israel evacuated from Lebanon at dawn, without informing its proxy "SLA", keeping them in distray and letting them fall like dominos under Hezbullah's fire.

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Shortage of fuel: 🤯

The Lebanese army arrested a state security unit at a petrol station. The latter issued a statement claiming it was a misunderstanding, as they were in civilian clothes and getting gasoline.

The story on the street says the Lebanese army arrested them for allegedly taking and giving money to allow themselves to get gasoline at the expense of everyone else.
The Qatari minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, has arrived in Beirut for an official visit aimed at resolving the 11-month cabinet formation deadlock. The minister is set to meet with President Michel Aoun, PM-designate Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

By: @‌‌‎lorienttoday